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Brad Paisley Has ‘Moonshine in the Trunk,’ EDM Influences for New Album

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Brad Paisley knows a thing or two about partying and drinking, as evidenced by such previous singles as “Whiskey Lullaby” and “Alcohol.” So it’s perhaps fitting that the name of his new album is Moonshine In the Trunk.

Late yesterday, (May 14) Paisley revealed to Billboard the title of his forthcoming tenth album, due out Aug. 26.

“At certain times, your career should be a party,” Paisley told Billboard. “It was a lot of fun this time. We built a bar in our studio house, and it was kind of a ‘if you build it, the band will come’ approach.”

Moonshine In the Trunk is produced by Luke Wooten (Dierks Bentley, Nashville). Billboard also reported that for this project, Paisley has been toying around with EDM and dubstep technology.

“When you hear a banjo through stutter edit, it’s the coolest thing you ever heard,” Paisley said. “I have a song that’s a basic love song, it’s got a great groove, and I cut this guitar part that gets distorted when I turn the nob up. I would say to Luke, ‘Oh, that should’ve been done 20 years ago, but they couldn’t.’ The rulebook’s gone, or was there ever one? They try, but I don’t play by it.”

The lead single off the album is the feel-good “River Bank,” which he debuted last month on the ACM Awards just in time for summer.

“I’ve called myself, for years, a river rat,” Paisley told the Tennessean recently of the first single. “My best memories with my grandfather are on that body of water, and my dad and learning to ski. It’s kind of like a back-to-basics song, which is really an inner tube and a boat and you’ve got a theme park.”

Paisley has also officially announced a full set of dates and cities for his summer 2014 Country Nation World Tour, which kicks off tomorrow (May 16) in Camden, N.J. (see all dates below). Supporting acts on the 2014 tour include Randy Houser, Charlie Worsham, Leah Turner and Dee Jay Silver.